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(The Center Square) — Hundreds of New York health care workers will be getting a free ride to state colleges this year as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s agenda to boost the state’s workforce.

The Hochul administration announced on Monday that 500 applicants have been selected to receive the New York State Health Care Workers for Our Future Scholarship. The scholarship will cover tuition, room and board for a two-year degree at any of the State University of New York’s campuses if the applicants commit to working in an “underserved” area for two years after graduation…

…New York is among many states experiencing higher-than-normal levels of staffing shortages in health care, specifically at hospitals, nursing homes and ambulatory care, according to a recent report by the Center for Health Workforce Studies.

“The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to New York’s health care delivery system as well as its workforce,” the report’s authors wrote. “While the immediate pandemic impacts on health care delivery have dissipated, there have been persistent challenges that have affected the state’s health care workforce.”

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